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You don't understand. I could have had class. I could have been a contender.
BUDD SCHULBERG![]()
There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies; the second your family. S...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, inste...
ASHISH KUMAR Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.
FRAN DRESCHER![]()
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.![]()
I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself.
SYLVIA PLATH![]()
We wouldn't have done it if we didn't think we could have fun with it.
ETHAN COEN![]()
My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt.
LORNA LUFT It could have been where I had to do nothing and that would have been great.
BRENT MARTIN Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ...
SARAH DARER LITTMAN I could forget that part, but it had to have been true.
DEB CALETTI![]()
I have learned to delegate.
GWEN STEFANI . . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would ha...
BEATRICE WEBB![]()
. . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would ha...
BEATRICE POTTER WEBB![]()
Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my f...
JANE AUSTEN![]()
People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a travele...
BAYARD TAYLOR![]()
I could have been a great many things.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT![]()
I suppose I had always been an unconscious suffragist. With my temperament and my surroundings, I co...
EMMELINE PANKHURST I feel my son brought all of this on himself. They could have had it all and it could have been a gr...
LUCY CAMPBELL I didn’t fear you. I feared us. I feared what could have been. I feared what could be. I feared th...
DOMINIC RICCITELLO I could have met Priscilla and she could have been lovely but at the same time, if I didn't think we...
BRUNO SCHIAVI I wish it could have been avoided, which it could have, if she had... just said, 'Come on, y'all wal...
ANNETTE BAKER I recovered, but I could have been killed.
ARNOLD MINICUCCI I don't know that there could have possibly been a session that could have sent a worse message to b...
ARIS MELISSARATOS I think Ernie could have been more aggressive earlier in the match, but he's had a great career.
DEAN SPAHR Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could ha...
ALAIN PROST I could have played if I had to.
XAVIER NADY I'm not happy with the way I wrestled in the finals. I had a good tournament, but I could have been ...
JAKE KURANT Oh it was horrible because ... someone could have been shot ... I didn't know what had happened.
DOREEN MCMYNN Had they not have shown up, it could have been tragic.
SCOTT HOFFMAN I have learned that I am a one-woman man.
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU![]()
Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player...
STEFFI GRAF![]()
Had I been brighter, the ladies been gentler, the Scotch been weaker, had the gods been kinder, had ...
MICKEY ROONEY![]()
I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been.
MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM![]()
Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live witho...
CLEOPATRA If it had just been some femme fatale, I think this whole thing could have been settled. You know, i...
COLIN QUINN![]()
If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder.
LAURELL K. HAMILTON Ross Perot. I could have had a ball with him.
RICH LITTLE![]()
Could I have been anyone other than me?
DAVE MATTHEWS It's always been a dream of mine where I could have a place where I could grow healthy food and have...
DENELL STOSIO Kristin Brown looks as though she could have been mailed first-class to New York for about a dollar ...
WILLIAM E. GEIST Last night, I threw that ball high and it could have been big, it could have been a run because the ...
ERIC BRUNTLETT If Breaking the Waves had been rendered with a conventional technique, I don't think you could have ...
LARS VON TRIER He's the best player I never coached. If I'd had him, I could have been writing a book about rebound...
BILL KRUEGER I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could...
MALLORY ORTBERG I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it,...
PETER COOK![]()
I have had lobbyists, and I have had some very good ones. They could do anything.
DONALD TRUMP If orders had been followed, the terrorist act could have been prevented.
ALEXANDER TORSHIN It could have been worse if Bush had been embarrassed, or humiliated.
MICHAEL SHIFTER![]()
I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.
DUFFY DAUGHERTY My uncle always said that I could have been a rancher.
ROBERT DUVALL I think if they had been a little bit more patient ... I think they could have gotten a little bit m...
MICHAEL TIEU![]()
A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.
BOBBY BOWDEN I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ev...
ROGER ZELAZNY![]()
I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I...
DON HENLEY![]()
If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave ...
MITCH ALBOM In the locker room, I asked them not to quit on me. We could have. This could have been a 40-point b...
HEATH ELIASON Gary may have had nothing to do with this, I don't know, ... But my concern and my criticism is leve...
HAROLD FORD![]()
How could I have been anyone other than me?
DAVE MATTHEWS I could have been on one of those flights.
FRANCOIS LEBRUN It was tough to watch. I felt that if I could have been in the game I could have made a difference a...
IFEOMA ONUAKU I actually have been concerned about whether I could get back.
TOM PAGE I could have won this seat, but it would have been nasty.
TOM DELAY![]()
Had he lived, what a different world it could have been, his loyalists say. But it's also possible h...
LANCE MORROW It could have been 30 seconds. It could have been an hour.
JOE LAY![]()
On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures...
JIMMY CARTER It could have been better, I bowled balls in bad areas, I thought I could bowl better and more consi...
FIDEL EDWARDS![]()
Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live w...
CLEOPATRA He could have been a much more wealthy person had he not been in public service.
CARROLL PADGETT There are times when I've been so depressed I can't see straight. At my age I should have been 80 pe...
MICHAEL GORMAN I wish those teams could have been bumped up a little higher.
BOB SCHNURE Sixth place is a bit of a letdown, but it was a very competitive weight class. I'm not taking anythi...
GEORGE HINGSON![]()
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion --I have shuddered at it. I shudder n...
JOHN KEATS![]()
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder n...
JOHN KEATS![]()
[...] I could cease to be a Grey and take the name of my mother should have had before she was marri...
CASSANDRA CLARE I don't think we deserved the fate we had. After 5-5, we made all the plays and had all the chances....
BRUCE PLANTE They're going to pick me up Saturday and I'm going to pick them up Sunday. I just wish it could have...
DEREK DAMON![]()
There was no way I could understand our defeat. I had to grieve over our loss before I could look to...
ROSALYNN CARTER![]()
I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have!
NATALIE MERCHANT You can't eat your friends and have them too.
BUDD SCHULBERG Living with a conscience is like driving with the brakes on.
BUDD SCHULBERG Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?
BUDD SCHULBERG Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with...
BUDD SCHULBERG You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tou...
BUDD SCHULBERG Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood.
BUDD SCHULBERG Darryl Zanuck turned us down at Twentieth Century-Fox. He told us no one is going to care about a lo...
BUDD SCHULBERG Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the ...
BUDD SCHULBERG Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on
BUDD SCHULBERG [But his father begged him not to publish the book.] L.B. Mayer called me a traitor, ... 'I blame yo...
BUDD SCHULBERG I ran the newspaper, at Dartmouth, and there was a marble quarry strike about 40 miles away,
BUDD SCHULBERG As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it.
BUDD SCHULBERG Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on.
BUDD SCHULBERG Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a litt...
BUDD SCHULBERG It made me uncomfortable. I guess I've always been afraid of people who can be agile without grace.
BUDD SCHULBERG I’d like to be remembered as someone who used their ability as a novelist or as a dramatist to say...
BUDD SCHULBERG Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood.
BUDD SCHULBERG Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.
BUDD SCHULBERG You can't eat your friends and have them too.
BUDD SCHULBERG Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with...
BUDD SCHULBERG Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts.
BUDD SCHULBERG
BUDD SCHULBERG
There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies; the second your family. S... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, inste...
ASHISH KUMAR Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.
FRAN DRESCHER
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
I had been alone more than I could have been had I gone by myself. SYLVIA PLATH
We wouldn't have done it if we didn't think we could have fun with it. ETHAN COEN
My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt. LORNA LUFT It could have been where I had to do nothing and that would have been great.
BRENT MARTIN Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ...
SARAH DARER LITTMAN I could forget that part, but it had to have been true.
DEB CALETTI
I have learned to delegate. GWEN STEFANI . . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would ha...
BEATRICE WEBB
. . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would ha... BEATRICE POTTER WEBB
Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my f... JANE AUSTEN
People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a travele... BAYARD TAYLOR
I could have been a great many things. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
I suppose I had always been an unconscious suffragist. With my temperament and my surroundings, I co... EMMELINE PANKHURST I feel my son brought all of this on himself. They could have had it all and it could have been a gr...
LUCY CAMPBELL I didn’t fear you. I feared us. I feared what could have been. I feared what could be. I feared th...
DOMINIC RICCITELLO I could have met Priscilla and she could have been lovely but at the same time, if I didn't think we...
BRUNO SCHIAVI I wish it could have been avoided, which it could have, if she had... just said, 'Come on, y'all wal...
ANNETTE BAKER I recovered, but I could have been killed.
ARNOLD MINICUCCI I don't know that there could have possibly been a session that could have sent a worse message to b...
ARIS MELISSARATOS I think Ernie could have been more aggressive earlier in the match, but he's had a great career.
DEAN SPAHR Sometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality; if I could ha...
ALAIN PROST I could have played if I had to.
XAVIER NADY I'm not happy with the way I wrestled in the finals. I had a good tournament, but I could have been ...
JAKE KURANT Oh it was horrible because ... someone could have been shot ... I didn't know what had happened.
DOREEN MCMYNN Had they not have shown up, it could have been tragic.
SCOTT HOFFMAN I have learned that I am a one-woman man.
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU
Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player... STEFFI GRAF
Had I been brighter, the ladies been gentler, the Scotch been weaker, had the gods been kinder, had ... MICKEY ROONEY
I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been. MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM
Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live witho... CLEOPATRA If it had just been some femme fatale, I think this whole thing could have been settled. You know, i...
COLIN QUINN
If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder. LAURELL K. HAMILTON Ross Perot. I could have had a ball with him.
RICH LITTLE
Could I have been anyone other than me? DAVE MATTHEWS It's always been a dream of mine where I could have a place where I could grow healthy food and have...
DENELL STOSIO Kristin Brown looks as though she could have been mailed first-class to New York for about a dollar ...
WILLIAM E. GEIST Last night, I threw that ball high and it could have been big, it could have been a run because the ...
ERIC BRUNTLETT If Breaking the Waves had been rendered with a conventional technique, I don't think you could have ...
LARS VON TRIER He's the best player I never coached. If I'd had him, I could have been writing a book about rebound...
BILL KRUEGER I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could...
MALLORY ORTBERG I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it,...
PETER COOK
I have had lobbyists, and I have had some very good ones. They could do anything. DONALD TRUMP If orders had been followed, the terrorist act could have been prevented.
ALEXANDER TORSHIN It could have been worse if Bush had been embarrassed, or humiliated.
MICHAEL SHIFTER
I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades. DUFFY DAUGHERTY My uncle always said that I could have been a rancher.
ROBERT DUVALL I think if they had been a little bit more patient ... I think they could have gotten a little bit m...
MICHAEL TIEU
A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better. BOBBY BOWDEN I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ev...
ROGER ZELAZNY
I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I... DON HENLEY
If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave ... MITCH ALBOM In the locker room, I asked them not to quit on me. We could have. This could have been a 40-point b...
HEATH ELIASON Gary may have had nothing to do with this, I don't know, ... But my concern and my criticism is leve...
HAROLD FORD
How could I have been anyone other than me? DAVE MATTHEWS I could have been on one of those flights.
FRANCOIS LEBRUN It was tough to watch. I felt that if I could have been in the game I could have made a difference a...
IFEOMA ONUAKU I actually have been concerned about whether I could get back.
TOM PAGE I could have won this seat, but it would have been nasty.
TOM DELAY
Had he lived, what a different world it could have been, his loyalists say. But it's also possible h... LANCE MORROW It could have been 30 seconds. It could have been an hour.
JOE LAY
On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures... JIMMY CARTER It could have been better, I bowled balls in bad areas, I thought I could bowl better and more consi...
FIDEL EDWARDS
Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live w... CLEOPATRA He could have been a much more wealthy person had he not been in public service.
CARROLL PADGETT There are times when I've been so depressed I can't see straight. At my age I should have been 80 pe...
MICHAEL GORMAN I wish those teams could have been bumped up a little higher.
BOB SCHNURE Sixth place is a bit of a letdown, but it was a very competitive weight class. I'm not taking anythi...
GEORGE HINGSON
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion --I have shuddered at it. I shudder n... JOHN KEATS
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder n... JOHN KEATS
[...] I could cease to be a Grey and take the name of my mother should have had before she was marri... CASSANDRA CLARE I don't think we deserved the fate we had. After 5-5, we made all the plays and had all the chances....
BRUCE PLANTE They're going to pick me up Saturday and I'm going to pick them up Sunday. I just wish it could have...
DEREK DAMON
There was no way I could understand our defeat. I had to grieve over our loss before I could look to... ROSALYNN CARTER
I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have! NATALIE MERCHANT You can't eat your friends and have them too.
BUDD SCHULBERG Living with a conscience is like driving with the brakes on.
BUDD SCHULBERG Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?
BUDD SCHULBERG Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with...
BUDD SCHULBERG You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tou...
BUDD SCHULBERG Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood.
BUDD SCHULBERG Darryl Zanuck turned us down at Twentieth Century-Fox. He told us no one is going to care about a lo...
BUDD SCHULBERG Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the ...
BUDD SCHULBERG Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on
BUDD SCHULBERG [But his father begged him not to publish the book.] L.B. Mayer called me a traitor, ... 'I blame yo...
BUDD SCHULBERG I ran the newspaper, at Dartmouth, and there was a marble quarry strike about 40 miles away,
BUDD SCHULBERG As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it.
BUDD SCHULBERG Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on.
BUDD SCHULBERG Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a litt...
BUDD SCHULBERG It made me uncomfortable. I guess I've always been afraid of people who can be agile without grace.
BUDD SCHULBERG I’d like to be remembered as someone who used their ability as a novelist or as a dramatist to say...
BUDD SCHULBERG Silence is the sure sign that you're on your way out in Hollywood.
BUDD SCHULBERG Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.
BUDD SCHULBERG You can't eat your friends and have them too.
BUDD SCHULBERG Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with...
BUDD SCHULBERG Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts.
BUDD SCHULBERG
